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J. G. McCLAUGHRY.

INDEX. FILED UAR APPLICATION 7.1911. 1,011,470. Patented'Dec. 12,1911.

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JOHN G. McGLAUGI-IRY, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIANA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

Application filed March 27, 1911. Serial No. 617,199.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. Mo- CLAUGHRY, a resident of New Albany, inthe county of Floyd and State of Indiana have invented a new andImproved Index, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a compact and effective indexon a plurality of leaves, especially adapted to a group of variablemembers in which the members vary independently of one another.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and thenpointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of'the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a book containing my index, opened atpage 1. Fig. 2is a perspective view of the same, opened at page 19. AndFig. 3 is a perspective view of the same showing the side index columnson a number of leaves.

As here illustrated, my invention is embodied in a Bertillon index. TheBertillon system consists in classifying criminals in accordance withfive or more measurements, head length, head width, left middle finger,left foot, and left forearm. There are three different grades for eachmeasurement, maximum, medium, and minimum.

For purposes of classification, a variation in any one of the fivemeasurements from one grade to another would create a new group. WVithfive objects of measurement and with three grades in each it is evidentthat the total number of groups would be 243.

Therefore in this embodiment of my invention a series of columns 3' isprovided on the leaves in which the groups are identified by a series ofnumbers from 1 to 243 inclusive.

I use the outer column 4, 5,6, or 7, for the more comprehensive bases ofclassification,

which, in the present embodiment, are head length 14, head width 15, andleft middle finger 16. Accordingly at the top of this column on eachleaf I place the words Head length, indicated by the numeral 14.Thereunder, on the first nine pages, I place the letter A, numbered 20,indicating that on the first nine pages all of the eighty-one groupshave a minimum head length. I then cut an insert 20 below the letter Ain this column through the'first nine leaves suflicient to show thedesignations 21 and 22 under head length. On page 10, and on thesucceeding eight pages under the words Head length in this outer column,low enough to come within the insert- 20, I place designations 21indicating that all the eighty-one groups from pages 10 to 18 inclusive,have a medium head length. Below this designation I make an insert 21 inthis outer column in pages 10 to 18 inelusive, sufficient to show theletter Z which is placed under the words Head length and referred to as22 on the last nine pages to. indicate that all the eightyone groupsfrom pages 19 to 27 inclusive have a maximum head length. Below thetitle Head length 14 and its subsidiary titles 20, 21, and 22, in thesame vertical column, I place the title Head width '15 on each leaf.Below thistitle I use the same series of three subsidiary titles,referred to as 23, 24, and 25, with the same kind of inserts 23 and 24as are used under the title 7 insert 24 through the second three leaves,

the large insert 23 through the fourth three leaves, the small insert 24through the fifth three leaves, the large insert 23 through the sevenththree leaves, and the small insert 24 through the eighth three leaves.

At the bottom of the outer column 4, 5, 6. or 7 on each page or leaf, Iplace the title Left middle finger 16, with a similar series ofsubsidiary titles 26, 27, and 28, repeated nine times, the entire seriesbeing found once under each subsidiary title of Head width. This makes avariation for 1 Left middle finger 16 for every page, and

the inserts 26 and 27 are cut through but one leaf at a time. I

The next designation is Left foot 11, at the head of column 1 on eachpage. This column is divided into a vertical series of three spaces inwhich are placed a series ofsubsidiary titles 8, 9, and 10, similar inpurpose to the other subsidiary titles.

forearm 12 at the head of column 2. In this,

column are three series of subsidiary titles 17 18, and 19, each seriesof three titles being placed opposite a single subsidiary title ofcolumn 1, and each subsidiary title 17, 18, or 19, being opposite one ofthe designations in column 3 under the title group 13.

To operate the index, the head length is first ascertained and if it ismaximum, the thumb is placed on the letter Z referred to as 22 in theupper portion of column 7 and the book opened to page 19. If the headwidth is medium, the thumb is placed over the designation 24; and thebook opened to the page which hears it. If the left middle finger ismaximum, or largerthan 12.0, the thumb is placed on title 28 and thebook opened to the page which bears it. If the left foot is maximum, theuser looks down column 1 to the space bearing the designation 10, at thebottom thereof. If the left forearm is minimum, the user looks acrosscolumn 2 through the space bearing the designation A and the groupopposite this space in column 3 would be indicated as the group in whichthe five measurements were combined as just described.

It is evident that my index can be embodied on cards, in a bound book,or in a loose-leaf book. It is also evident that this invention can beused wherever similar principles of indexing are involved and can bevaried in many respects without departing from the spirit thereof.Therefore I do not limit myself to the exact form in which my inventionis herein disclosed further than is indicated in the claims whichfollow.

I claim:

1. A three dimension index, comprising a series of columns on a seriesof leaves having designations identifying the subject matter indexed,one or more series of columns parallel thereto and each havingdesignations affecting the subject matter in said first series ofcolumns opposite thereto, and means along the edges of said leaves forclassifying and designating from page to page the subject matter in saidfirst series of columns.

2. An elimination index for a group of prising a series of columns on aseries of leaves having designations for identifying said group for anyvariation in the combination, a series of columns parallel theretohaving designations of the variation of one member, and means on theedges of the pages for showing the variation of a second memher frompage to page.

3. An elimination index for a group of variable members in which themembers vary independently of one another, comprising a series ofcolumns on a series of leaves having designations for identifying saidgroup for any variation in the combination, a series of columns parallelthereto having designations of the variation of one member, a secondseries of columns parallel thereto having designations of the variationof a second member each embracing transversely all the variations of thefirst, and means on the edges of the pages for showing the variation ofa third member from page to page.

4. An elimination index for a group of variable members in which themembers vary independently of one another, comprising a series ofcolumns on a series of leaves having designations for identifying saidgroup for any variation in the combination, a series of columns parallelthereto having designations of the variation of one member, and means onthe edges of the pages for showing the variation of a second and a thirdmember from page to page, each variation of said second member embracingall the variations of said third member.

5. An elimination index for a group of variable members in which themembers vary independently of one another, comprising a series ofcolumns on a series of leaves having designations for identifying saidgroup for any variation in the combination, a serles of columns parallelthereto having designations of the variation of one member, and anotherseries of columns on the edges of the leaves having inserts anddesignations adapted to show the variation of a second member from pageto page.

JOHN G. MoGLAUGI-IRY.

Witnesses:

LULA L. BALLWEY, KATHERINE ARNETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

